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VOLUME VIII. Church Directory, METHoDlßT.—Douglasville—Firat, th ■ t, xad fifth Sundays. SaltSpbingb—Second Sunday, aid Salin-.'a before. MxnwAr—Fourth Sunday, and Saturday U. ta* W. R» Pabtob. BAprwr—OouglM’rille, flrat and fourth Sun days. Tiav. A. B. Vaughn, pastor. Masonic, DonalaaviUe Lodge, No. 289, F. A. M.,meets on Saturday night before the first and third Sundayh in each mouth, J. 11. Carter, \V. M., W. J. Camp, Sefty. County Directory, Ordinary—H. T. Cooper. Clerk—S. N. Dorsett. Sheriff—Henry Ward, Deputy Sheriff—G. M. Souter. Tax Receiver—E. 11. Camp. Tax Collector —W. A. Sayer. Treasurer—Samuel Shannon, Surveyor—John M. Huey. Coroner—F. M. Milcbelt. BUI'KBIOB COURT. Meets on third Mondays iu January and Julj •nd holds two weeks. Judge—Hon. Samson W, Harris. Soi. Genl,—Hon. Harry M. Beld. Clerk—B. N, Dorsett. Sheriff—Heury Ward. COUNTY COUBT. Meets in quarterly session on fourth Mon- Says in February, Slay, August and November and hold, until all the eases on the dock-1 are called. In monthly session it meets on fourth Monday, in each month, Judge—Hon. R. A. Massey. Hot Genl.—Hon. W. T. Roberta. Bailiff—D. W. Johns. oubimart’b ooubt Meets for ordinary purposes on first Monday, •wd for county purposes on first Tuesday IB **ch month. Judge—Hon. H. T. Cooper. JUBTtCBS COURTS. 730th Dist. G. JI. meets first Thursday in each mouth. J. (. Feely, J. P., W. H. Cush, N. P.. D. W. Johns and W. K. Hunt, L. U. 730th Di 4. G. M., meets second Saturday, A U Bomar, J. I*., B. A. Arnold, N. I‘., 8, C. *siiger, Ia C. 784th Diet. G. M. meets fourth Sa'urday. Franicfin Cai>*r, J. P. ( C. B. Baggett, N. P,. J. C. Jame« and M. 8. Gore, L, Cm. 1259th Diet. U. M. meets third Satiirdav. T. >l. Hamilton. J.P., M, L. Yaks, N. P., 8. W. Biggers, L.C., 8. J. Jourdan, L. O. 12tMth Dist., Q. M. meets third Saturday. N. W. Camp, J. !• W. 8. Hudson, N. P.,'J. A. Hid. L, C. ’ 12715 t Dist. G. M. meets first Saturday. C. C. P. Alberry Hembree, if. p., 1272nd Dist. G. M. nice's fonrth Friday. Gt o. W, Smith, J. P., C. J. Itobineon, N. I*.. ———, L- C, 1273rd Dist. G. M. meets third Friday. Tho*. While, J. P., A. J. Bowen, N. P., W. J. llaibin, L. C. Cards ROBERT A. MASSEY, ATTORNEY AT LAW DOUGLASVILLE, GA. (Oflioe In front room, Dorsett's Building.> Will practice anywhere except in the County Court of Donglaaa county, w. ITjamel attorney at law, Will practice in all the courts, Slate an Federal. Office on Court House Square, DOUGLASVILLE, GA. “wi f. ATTORNEY AT LAW, DOUGLASVILLE, GA. Will practice in all the Courts, All lega business will receive prompt attention. Ofiiee in Court House. C. T>. OAMP. attorney at law. DOUGLASVILLE, GA. B. G. GRIGGS? ATTORNEY AT LAW, DOUGLARVnj.E, GA. Will practice in aU the courts, State and Federal JOHNM, EDGE, ~ ATTORNEY AT LAW, DOUGLASVILLE, GA. Will practice in all the courts, and promptly attend to all business entrusted to his oaro. XSJAffiES, ATTORNEY AT LAW, DOUGLASVILLE, GA. WiU practice lui tne court* of BomlaML (Mnipbcll CArroll, Paulding. Cvbb. Fulton and •Hn * Vrou ‘ p ’ given T h. mcLartyT ATTORNEY AT LAW, DOVUtJUVI|.t.E. GA. Will practice Ui <tl the evurt** hoth tnd MHN V. EDGE. ~~ ATTORNEY AT LAW, DOUGLASVILLE, GA. ' JOB PRINTING neatly done AT THE “STAR” OFFICE —, , ; _____ ... o POHy D ER Absolutely Pure. llna powner never varies. A marvel of pur ty. strength and who’esomeness. More econ , omical than the ordinary kinds, and can , not. be sold in competition with the multitude , of low test, tf'tmrt weight alum or phosphate . p wders. Sold only in cang. Royal Baking Powtem Co.. 106 Wall St., N. Y. I ■ AURANTII Most erf the diseasM which afflict mankind are origin oily caused by « disordered condition of the LIV £R . For alt complaints of this kind, such as Torpidity of the Ltrer, BiliousneM. Nervous Dyspepsia, Indige«- tion. Irregularity of the Bowels, Constipation. Flatt-.- lonoT. Eructations and Burning of the Stomach (sonmtimta c*il«d Heartburn), Malaria, Bloody Fhia, Chill* and Fortr, Br&r.kb<m« Fever. Ehtiauation before or after Fevers, Ohronio Diar rhoea, Lom of Appetite. Headache, Foul Breath, Irregularities Incidental to Females, BoarisK-dovin STHIIGER'S AURANTIII is Invaluable. It Is not a panacea tor all diMuisea, but fMIDE* all diseases of the LIVER, will MMESjEi STOMACH and BOWELS. It changes the complexion from a waxy, yellow iinse, to ** ruddy, healthy oolor. It entirely remorse low. gloomy apirita. It is one of the BEST AL" TERATIVSB and PURIFIERS OF THE BLOOD, and Is A VALUABLE TONIC. STADICER’S AURANTII For sals by all Dragfists. Pries SI ,00 per bottle. C. F.BTADIOER, Proprietor, 140 SO. FRONT ST., Philadelphia, Pa. CHICAGO COTTAGE ORGAN Has attained a standard of excellence wtL, h admits of no superior. It coutaiuH every improvement that invent! r - geniue, skill and money can produce. OUR BVRRT AIM war- IS RANTED FOR to FIVE ' EXCEL, TEARS. These Organs are celebrated for volume, quality of tone, quick response, artistic desigt, beauty in finish, perfect construction, makh | ; them the most detgrable organs for home, l schools, churches, lodges, societies, etc. F.NTA BLIND ED REPVTATION. I’NEQVALED FACILITIES, SKILLED WOKKMEN, BEST MATERIAL, COMBINED. M-AKE THIS i THH POPULAR ORGAN Instruction Books and Piano Stools. i htalcgura Mid Pries Liste, on application, rar. . CHICAGO COTTAGE ORGAN CO. •ar. Rani Mph and Ann Sts., CHICAGO, The above Organ i« represented in j Douglas County by Chas. O. Pkavy, who will sell von any kind ot organ | you want, CHEAP! I No Trade la Fire-Escapes. 1 <Did you sell any fire-eseapes ia Bos- ton.” a&k d the proprietor of his travel ing salesnian who has just come in. •‘Naw,” was the disgusted reply. “No! Why not?" “You seat me to the wrong men.’* “Why, they are all old tr ead* of I • Maybe they are, but every on* of them was a Vnireraaliat, and I p**ksd ' my samples and tofL”— Fawning to KoivK-criAftiTY to all, DOUGLASVILLE, GEORGIA. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1886- I A TERRIBLE EXPLOSION. 6AM tN A COttliETlY, | CAUSING DISASTER, Five Men LUse Their Lives id a Ferinsylva hia Mins. A terrible explosion occurred in Fair- i lawn colliery, Scranton, Pa., on Monday ' morning which resulted in the death of J five men. Two others were seriously in jured. John H. Hosie and J. Gallagher were standing at the head of the slope at the time of the accident and felt the force of the explosion as a rush of air came out of the mouth of the mine. ' They at once started to go in and ascer- ; tain the extent of damage. The August ! quota of coal had been mined last week and tto men were employed in the mine. Word came, however, that a party of fivfe oi- six men had gone into the mine to cleat- Up their chambets. Inspector Blewitt happened to come along about this time and he and Galla ghei- with a party, entered the mines, go- | ihg down to the third or lower vein, aiid then followed the, air course, stopping to ; repair the damages to the battice, etc., j as they went along. Their progress was ; necessarily slow, and the course they fol- ’ lowed took them to the right hand side | of the mines. They came at last to a j point where they found repairs necessary i and returned to the foot of the mines foi more material, when they learned that gtoans had been heard in the east gang way. They worked over that way and found the partv who had gone in the mines before the accident, near or about the entrance of ohe of the chambers, a short distance from the foot of an inside plane, about 150 feet from where the heading branches off. Three of them were alive and three were dead. The killed were Hugh Conners, of Bellevue, about 43 years of age. He leaves a wife and five small children. Edward Gaug han, of Capouse avenue, aged 45 years. He leaves a wife and eight small children. Michael Pryle, of Luzerne street, aged 45 years. He was married, but leaves no children. The first man brought to I the surface, about eleven o’clock, was i i John Nafin. He is about twenty-five years old and unmarried. He is badly ' burned about the face and arms. John I I Kerrigan was alive when found and talked the strongest of all, but he died before being brought to the surface. He was thirty-five years old and married. The next was John Connor. He is about twenty-one years of age and unmarried. He has two large scalp wounds, a bad cut ■ on the knee and another on the arm. His i I face and hands are badiy bruised. He was taken to the hospital. The body of ! Edward Pierce, fire boss, was found about 150 feet from the altras. Patrick | Connor says that he and the others I waited for some time at the mouth of the mine for the fire boss. At last he came from another vein. He said he had not i j, been in the lower vein yet, but told them | to come on and he would see if every- • I thing was all right. They went to the foot of the new road, when Pierce went ahead. He carried a safety lamp and | they had naked lamps. They stood J waiting for him when suddenly there was a flash, and an explosion followed quickly Connor fell flat on his face. He felt that he was in too exposed a posi tion and leaped to the side of a pillar. To this action he probably owes his life. When the explosion was over he called | out to the men in total darkness. Kerri- j gan, Nafin and Pryle answered him, but no word came from Gaughan or Conner. Kerrigan wanted him to try to go with him to the foot and he rose to do so, but ; s he felt so sick that he could not go, and had to lie down again. They waited i there in the blackness of night, sick, wounded and helpless, with their dead comrades lying near them. At last they l heard voices, and Cannon called. Pres ; ently the voices came nearer. Then they saw lights approaching, and soon the rescuing party were with them. The position in which the bodies were i found bears out his statement. He could not tell whether Pierce ignited the gas or whether it was ignited by their lights. | The explosion came like a flash, too | quickly for any one to tell anything about it. They had no reason to expect to find any gas there. How the fire orig inated is a mystery. THE ENGLISH SOCIALIST!*. Fifty thousand socialists work ; men and idlers met in Trafal t gar square Sunday afternoon, and adopted resolutions denouncing the tyr- | anny of the police in the action of tin? authorities in imprisoning the socialist Williams. The proceedings were orderly. ’ Every precaution against disturbance had been taken by the police. RAMEY HILL’S KAHJEOAD. W’ork on the Union Point and White ’ Plains railroad is being pushed ahead at j | a rapid rate. Messrs. J. H. Buckhaltei and A. J. Twiggs, the contractors, say the road will be ready for business the first of December. This road will be ex tended to Eatonton at an early date, if I rumor is to be relied on. I Fresh Melons Grocer (to son) —“I see that you don’t | know now to buy water melons. ” | Son—“W’hy sot’ Grocer—“ Because all those you se- ' heted have abort stems. ’’ tSon— ‘Does that make any difference I" Grocer — 4< Of course it 4ce& When ! they have long sterna, you can cut off j part of the «’em every day and by that meaas have fresh melon* ail th* tim*." FROM VARIOUS QUARTERS. ' SOME NEWSY HAPFEXIXGS HERE AND THERE. Narrow Eacap* of Senator Rvatta—Sgtrito Removed—A Preacher’s Suicide, Etc. fl nator William M. Evarts narrowly es caned being killed a few days since at Wind sor, Vt., where he owns a country seat. He was driving with Charles C. Perkins, swell known resident of Boston, and Miss Jen nie Matthews, daughter of Judge Stan ley Matthews, of Cincinnati, when the horses took fright, the carriage was up set and Mr. Perkins was instantly killed. Mr. Evarts fortunately escaped with a serious scalp wound and Miss Matthews some severe bruises. Mr. Perkins was the fa her-in-law of Senator Evarts’s daughter, and was Widely known in Boston art and musical circles* The accident is described aS follows: It was just 6:80 when the party started from the farm on their return to the house to dinner. They had reached the dike and were about half way across when one of the horses became frightened and tried to nin aWay* Roberta, the coachman, reined him up smartly, when the bit parted and the bridle came oil Instantly both horses started into a gallop. The coachman made a leap for the head of one of the horses, but missed and was hurled down the embankment in a h> ap. Madly the horses tore on, until, while turning a sharp corner, the carriage capsized and the occupants were thrown violently to the ground. Mr.Perkins's headstruck against i a stone wall and he died instantly. Mr. Evarts and Miss Matthews were stunned by their fall, but they were soon picked up and carried into the house. The I utmost consternation prevailed for ' some time, as it was not known whether Mr. I Perkins was the only victim. Later, how-- ever, both Mr. Evarts and Mrs. Matthews recovered consciousness and, it was thought, -were out of danger, Governor Hill Removes Squire. Recently Mayor Grace, of New York, pre ferred charges against Commissioner of Pub lic Works Rollin M. Squire. This position, ; controlling as it does thousands of workmen and the annual handling of millions of dollars, is one of the most powerful in the United States. The principal charge against Squire was that at the time of his appointment in 1884 he had written a letter practi ‘ally put ting his office in the power of Contractor ; Maurice B. Flynn. The letter was produced at Sauire’s trial Mayor Grace removed : Squire, the removal being subject to Gov- | ernor Hill’s approval. The Governor has denied the motion of Squire’s counsel to re- I open the case for further evidewe : and approves the Mayor’s order re moving Squire from the office of Com- j missr ner of Public Works. The Governor ; does not at this time promulgate any formal opinion giving the grounds of his decision, be< au e, as itis understood, of lack of time, I although he may hereafter do so.* He con curs in the result, without indicating whether it is placed solely upon ‘"he Flynn letter or upon the violation of the civil-ser- t i vice law, although it is believed to be upon ■ the former grounds. The Mayor of New York has appointed as I I Suire’s sue essor General John Newton, Chief of Engineers of the United States Armv, well known in connect.on with his successful removal of the obstructions at I Hell Gate. Suicide of Rev. J. B. Beecher. The Rev. James B. Beecher, of Cascob, I Conn., brother of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and Rev. Thomas K. Beecher, committed , suicide at the Water Cure, Elmira, N. Y., a few days since, by shooting him self through the head with a small rifle. , He had been suffering under severs mental troubles for a number of ! years, and for a time was under treatment at the Middletown (N. Y.) Asylum. He came to Elmira recently in the care of a special att ndant At the cure he appeared to be in pretty fair health, and on the day of his i death enjoyed himself with others in shoot ing at a target in Dr. Gleason’s range. Dur ing the evening, while conversing on the I piapa, he suddenly went to his room, and taking a rifle, placed the muzzle in his mouth and fired, killing himself instantly. Mr. Beecher was about fifty-nine years old, i and was the youngest son of Dr. Lyman Beecher. He was graduated from Dart- | mouth College and Andover Seminary. He was chaplain of the Seamen’s Bethel in China: chaplain of a Brooklyn regiment during the civil war; became a colonel, and was mustered out as a brevet brigadier general; was pastor of Congregational i churches at Oswego and Poughkeepsie, and also had charge of the Bethel Mission in Brooklyn. Os late years he has lived on a 1 farm in Ulster County, N. Y. • DEATH OF BISHOP DRYSDALE. Ilia Life wd Labor* far State *■* Oaeyeh. ! Rev. Alexander J. Drysdale, bishop elect of Easton, Md., who died Monday morning in Waukesla, Wis., was born in Savannah in 1839. His early years were spent near Columbus, Ga., where he be gan the study of law. When the war broke out he served in the confederate army. After the war he practiced law, but was so moved by the death of a child that he determined to devote himself solely to religion. His first parish wo • Chattanooga, then to Athens, Ga., where he remained a number of years. In 1875 . he was called to Christ church, Mobile., He remained in Mobile until December,! 1882. when he was called to Christ church, New Orleans. He came to Mobile in the midst of the greatest depression I the city had ever known, and found the ■ people despondent and laboring undet! heavy debt He curtailed expenses, ro duced his salary, and by energy and self denial cleared away the debt Dignified, without haughtiness, firm, without stern- j ness, gentle, without effieminancy, truth ful, without harshness, he was a perfect type of a Christian gentleman. the TALBOTTON ROAD LEANED. The stockholders of the Talbotton rail- 'i road met on Monday and leased the road to W. K. Dennis et al., for fifteen years. The terms of the lease are a net dividend I of five per cent annually. Considerable opposition was made to the lease. BCXNKB TO THE WATER’S EDGE. About three o’clock Sunday afternoon, the large passenger steamboat, Daniel j Drew, of the Albany line, caught fire al f her moorings at Kingston point, and wa» bunted to ths water 1 * edge. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. f?IX hundred S irls are studying Music in Milan. . Mme. Patti is to begin her AmenJ au ur Bit November 16, in New York, There are nearly 700 musicians in Phila delphia tod not one first-class band, Alice RFeb# the new prima donna of Mr. Duff’s opera company, is a young Australian irL • Margaret Mather has mad* a hit in I Ban Fran' isco. Ihe Call says that she is the ideal Juliet. Lester Wallack will open his New York theatre Octobef 11 with Hamilton’s new play, “Harvest.” Katie Putnam, the actress, has an an nual income of SIO,OOO from her fruit farm in Michigan. Mr. Louis James, the tragedian, is one of tbe original members of the old Ells worth Zouaves. The Anglo-Italian opera company has completed its bookings for a tour from New York to San Francisco. Mrs. Thomas Jefferson, the wife of Joseph Jefferson’s youngest son, has written a comedy entitled “Class.” Mrs. Cleveland loves “the music of the future,” and is one oi the most appreciative of listeners to the works of Wagner. Maud Banks, daughter of General N. P. Banks, made her theatrical debut as Partbe nia at Portsmouth, N< H., the other night The American Opera company will pro duce five new plays this season, besides re viving those which met with the greatest favor last y*ar. Lady Archibald Campbell, formerly Mi s Blood, ir addition to being a handsome young woman and a clever writer, is also a skihul musical composer. Her songs are very popular in England. Janauschek, great actress and brave woman, suffering under a mortal disease and not appreciated by a dull and trivial public, returns to the stage this year, undaunted by the disfavor of fortune and fate. Mr. Lewis Morrison, who is to play Mephistopheles in the new version of Goethe s “Faust,” by Dr. Gustavus Haas, of New York, will represent the character with a “cloven hoof” from which electric sparks will issue, as well as from the sword he uses. , German musical papers place the number of Liszt’s known compositions at 647. Os these 68 are orchestral works, 33 being tran scriptions for the orchestra of other compo sitions; 517 are for the pianoforte, 300 being transcriptions; 20 are compositions for tue i organ, and 80 vocal. "base ball notes. I- Gillespie, of the New Yorks, used to be a coal miner. Carrier pigeons are used at every game I in Pittsburg. White gets $3,500 a season for guarding third base for Detroit. The yew grounds of the Philadelphia Club will be the finest m the country. ' Tbs Pittgburgs have shut out the famous St Louis Browns in two successive gatnes. The recent re ord of Temney, of Syracuse, at shore teal, fourteen chau< e> without an error, has uot been beaten this -seasou. Washington is a good base ball city for a winning club, at present. Notwithstixuding its poor showing, l,uov spectators attend the i games. New Orleans is very anxious to secure a I place in the Southern League next year, and ; it is possible that it may obtain tiri place re cently made vacant by the Augustas. The Washingtons played a strong game in the.r last senes with the New York giants. I Tuey mob tbe first game, were beaten io to 8 , in tbe sec ond and played a tie in the last Radbdcrn, Stemmeyer and Buffinton, the ■ three Boston pitchers, have accomplished what no other club s trio of pitchers have done —each has disposed of an opposing nine for but one hit. The St. Louis Browns have won more 1 games than tue Balt.mores and the Metro ! politans combined, while the Detroit) have won more than the &L Louis, Kansas Citys and W ashingtons combined. “Joe” Start, the veteran of the diamond fissld, has settled down in Hartford, alter re fusing a handsome offer from the Kansas City team, ide will cover the first base lor the Hartford nine occasionally. A league is to be formed next season talking in the towns of Steubenville, Ohio, Barnesville, Ohio, Zanesville, Ohio, M Kee»- port, Penn., Erie, Penn., Wneeling, W. Va., | and two other towns yet to be decided upon. Clarkson now has the League strike-out record for the season so far, be ng but one peg below Ramsey, tbe Association pitcher. I The latter struck out seventeen Meta, while ‘ Clarkson caus*d sixteen Cowboys to fan the ! air. A Pittsburg man who has been timing I the pitchers says that Terry is the swiltest in tbe association. He held the watch on Gal vin and Hecker and found the ball traveled from pitcher to catcher in seven-eights of a The largest number of run* made by th* Bostons in a game this season bos been 15 (Washingtons); Chicagos 20 (St Louis); De troits, 1< (St Louis); Kansas Citys 15 (Phila ; delphias); New Yorks, 18 (Washingtons); ■Washingtons, 12 (Bostons. The Athletics left the West their last trip with nine defeats and three victories, tbe I Meta with nine defeats and two victories, the Brooklyn* with eight defeats and four vu> tones, and tbe Baltimore* with ten defeats and two victories. As on the first trip, | Brooklyn again makes the best showing. Her defeats, however, this time were tue worst in her history, and indeed in the his tory of the game—l*J to 0,18 to U and 16 to 0. THE GREEK EARTHQUAKES. Hnerfreds of Peasens Killed its Tisltatien Th’ area of the earth disturbance in Greece, was phenomenally wide. At least six towns were entirely destroyed ! and a score of others partially destroyed. On the main land much damage was done but there was little loss of life. On is lands it is estimated that 600 persons were killed and 1,000 seriously injured. ' The undulations were curiously regular. The actual shocks averaged 12 seconds in duration. The people everywhere are camping out in the fields. The breaking of the telegraph lines delays the reception of details. Tbe Greek cabinet is sitting at : Athens almost continuously considering relief measures. A transport with tents, food, doctors, medicines, and a company of pompiers started for the stricken di* • triet Saturday evening. The latest returns show that tme hun dred persons were killed at Filiatra and twenty at Garga&tno. Both town* are w roin*. NUMBER 31. CBARLIISrUJi’S FATE. Terrible Scenes Among the Dead and Dying. MANY LIVES LOST. The City Enveloped in the Deepest Darkness. A black pall hangs over the once fair city by the sea. The hour <?f midnight is rendered doleful by the bitte? lamen tations of the bereaved. the debris of dismantled houses fills some of the principal streets, render ing them w’ell nigh impassable. To add still more to the weight of gloom, the city is almost in utter darkness, owing to the failure of the gas works to afford the requisite supply. The thoroughfares are converted into the camping ground for those who are too terrified to risk them selves over night in their houses. More terror is still continually added to the situation by the frequent REPETITION OF EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS. The atmosphere is surcharged with fears and dismal forebodings The sp*- prehension has seized upon nearly all the inhabitants that last night’s direful visi tations is to be followed by another more disastrous still. The city is almost de populated. Thousands have sought refuge in lanes, yards, parks and fields. Several buildings, which it was believed, withstood the shocks, are now giving way and tottering to the ground. Those people who have not been driven from their homes are sitting in absolute dark ness. The HOSPITALS ARE OVER CROWDED with the wounded. There are not enough trained nurses to attend them.. Medicines and provisions are getting scarce, not because of a lack but because the storekeepers are afraid to open their places of business. The telegraph offices were jamed with eager men ana women, endeavoring to communicate with their relatives and friend*, but this is almost impossible, because of the breaking down of the wires. Hundreds of anxious mes sage* have come from Columbia and other points, asking about the killed and wounded. The correspondents here find it utterly impossible to transmit full reports. RAILROAD TRAINS WRECKED. There are four railroad trains wrecked between Augusta and Charleston, and a considerable loss of life is reported from these accidents. Details of the Destraction- Charleston, September I.—The first shock of earthquake was felt approach ing last night a 9:50 o’clock, and before the people could realize what the troubte was, they found themselves being throws around and their houses falling on them. The first shock was followed immedi ately by another, though of less effect, but renewing the screams and shriek* and from the time of beginning to day light, shocks were felt at intervals of half an hour, but each succeeding one being less distinct. Three or four fires started in as many sections, with the firs! shock and the city was soon illminated with flames, thus leading all to believe that what was left by the earthquake would be be devoured by fire. How ever, the fire depannent was so well devided and handled that the fires were gotten under control by daylight. From fifteen to twenty residences and stores were consumed. The loss by fire and the earthquake cannot be accurately estimated, but can be placed safely at $5,000,000. Shocks equally as severe were felt at a distance of thirty five miles, and have done inestimable damage to railroads and telegraph prop erties. The city is wrapped in gloom and bus iness is entirely suspended. People generally remain in the streets, in tents and under improvised shelters, and will camp out, fearing another shock. The V*s works are injured and probably the city will be without light. St. Michael’s church is shattered and the steeple will come down. Kikewise steeple of St. Phillip’s, The steeple of the Unitarian church has fallen. The portico of Hi bernian hall and the main station house are demolished. There is much injury to mansions of East and South battery. The portico of the Ravenel mansion is down. Hardly a house in the city es ; caped injury, and many are so shaken and cracked that a hard blow would bring them to the ground. Broad street presented a spectacle of the utmost horror. Even women armed with hatchet* fought valiantly to rescue imprisoned unfortunates. Meeting street from Broad to Hazel, is wrecked and lined with unfortunates. To add to the horror of the scene many fires broke out and were ineffectually fought by the fire department. The night was hideous with the groans of the dying. The killed by the disaster will proba bly reach 50 The number of wounded cannot be counted. Mayors of the dif ferent cities are holding meetings to raise money and secure help for the sufferers. Those who are willing to shield th* fault* of other* are not afraid to aeknowb edgethmr own.